[ applause ]. Its been a wild and wily couple of days. A lot of history packed into a very sort period of time. So i want to begin today as i did yesterday with a quote but in introduction to that quote, i want to ask anyone in here not see saving private ryan, anyone not see it . Tast ki thats kind of what i figured. For those of us that have served and particularly for those of us that have faced combat, that opening scene is something that youll never forget, ever, i hope you never forget it, but the scene most important to me actually came later in the movie. Tom hanks laying on the rubble called over private ryan, and he asked him to kneel down and he said to him two words, earn this. Any victory Worth Winning must be deserved and as the victories are increased scale so must be our exertions. Deserve victory, Winston Churchhill said. We shall not win through the evils in our enemy. We shall win through the merit in ourselves. Deserve victory. And let that be the touch stone of eve
Resolution introduced by tim kaine that would limit the president s war powers. Resolution, which is pending before the senate. Before i address the resolution, i want to acknowledge the combat deaths of javier guterrez and sergeant rodriguez, they were both 28yearolds killed last week in afghanistan. While the incident is still under investigation, it appears they were killed by a member of the Afghan Security forces or someone posing as a member of the Afghan Security forces. This is a Security Force that the u. S. Has armed, equipped and trained for 19 years. Sergeant gueterrez leaves behind a wife and children ages 2 through 7. His father was a marine. He had previously deployed to afghanistan. Sergeant guterrez leaves behind a wife, he had previously deployed to afghanistan ten times. I thought it was a misprint when i read it. A 28yearold who previously dploitd to was deployed to afghanistan eight times before 10 times before he was killed at 28. This resolution is about congress
Anyone not see it . Thats kind of what i figured. For those of us who have served and faced combat, that opening scene is something that youll never forget. Ever. I hope you never forget it. The scene most important to me actually came later in the movie. Tom hanks laying on the rubble called over private ryan. Asked him to kneel down. And he said to him two words, earn this. Any victory Worth Winning must be deserved. And as the victories are increased in scale, so must be our deservings. We shall not win through the evils in our enemy, we shall win through the merit in ourselves. Deserve victory. Let that be the touchstone of every thought, word and deed. Frankly, i think about that pretty much every day. Am i living up to my own expectations, let alone the expectations of others . Today were going to hear from people that deserved victory and earned it. Yesterday and the day before we heard from a lot of people who fought on the ground. Were going to hear this morning from some incr
To talk about brexit, and to help efforts to restore the power sharing government. Well be live at stormont. He was falsely accused of being part of a vip paedophile ring. His home was raided by police, and now the former mp Harvey Proctor wants an independent inquiry into the way police handled false allegations made by carl beech. I am frequently tortured by the realisation that had mr beech been successful in his scheme to pervert the course ofjustice, i would have been imprisoned until my death. Well be talking to mr proctor about the impact the false accusations had on his life. The top ten warmest years on record in the uk have all occurred since 2002, according to the met office. What can we do to stop Climate Change . Well, prince harry says he and meghan will help by only having two children. Hes also said that many people have unconscious bias about skin colour and that racism is passed down through generations. Hello, welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 00am this mo
Our meeting will come to order consistent with policies to start on time. Well be doing that. Good morning today were considering the nomination of mark esper to be secretary of defense. We thank all for being here today. We anticipate doing your opening remarks, dr. Esper, introduce any members of your family here and other support groups. It is standard we have the eight required questions to respond to audibly to get that in record. Adhere to laws governing conflict of interest. Yes, sir. Assumed duties taken any actions that would appear to presume the outcome of the confirmation process . No, sir. Exercise legislative oversight responsibility makes it important that this committee, its subcommittees and other appropriate kmtsz if congress received testimony, reports, recordings and other information from the executive branch on a timely basis. Do you agree, if confirmed, to and and testify before this committee when requested. Yes, sir. Do you agree to provide records, document, E